Perth and Kinross Community Learning Plan 2019-2022 Front Cover Page
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PERTH AND KINROSS COMMUNITY LEARNING PLAN 2019-2022 FRONT COVER PAGE Appendix 1 Appendix 1 Contents Part 1 Introduction What this Plan is for Who this Plan is for Local Community Planning and CLD Part 2 Five Strategic Building Blocks for 2019 – 24 Giving every child the best start in life Developing educated, responsible and informed citizens Promoting a prosperous, inclusive & sustainable economy Supporting people to lead independent, healthy & active lives Creating a safe & sustainable place for future generations Part 3 Governance and Monitoring Impact & Progress Strengthening Governance Strengthening monitoring and performance frameworks Part 4 Appendices Appendix 1 Our Delivery Partners Appendix 2 Additional information from Partners Appendix 3 Current Performance Measures 2 Part 1 Introduction Creating a confident, ambitious and fairer Perth and Kinross for all who live and work here. What this Plan is for This Plan sets out the commitments of Perth & Kinross Council and its partners to deliver Community Learning and Development (CLD) which improves people’s lives and increases equality. CLD supports people and communities to engage in learning, personal development and active citizenship. CLD is an essential component for Community Planning Partnerships (CPP) to meet their statutory duty to increase equality. Alongside, Perth and Kinross Council has a statutory duty to coordinate and produce a CLD Plan which contributes to achieving the wider objectives of the CPP. The CLD approach is founded on working with, not just for, people and communities to improve their lives. It uses early intervention and prevention to address the root causes, not just the symptoms, of inequality. It is about building strong, resilient, influential and inclusive communities, and improving life chances for everyone through learning, employability, personal development and active citizenship. The 2017 independent Perth and Kinross Fairer Futures Commission http://www.pkc.gov.uk/fair has been a major step for identifying key inequalities in our area, with 7 workstreams in place, each led by a different Community Planning Partner, to address them. The Fairer Futures findings are part of the evidence base we use to inform our CLD planning, delivery and continuous improvement. Perth and Kinross has strong, vibrant community infrastructure. Volunteering is above the national average with 31% (around 39,000 people) of our 150,000-strong population actively volunteering in their communities. There are around 170 social enterprises across the area and hundreds of formal and informal community groups and networks. On average, adults living here have more qualifications than the rest of the Scottish population. But we want to grow this asset by unlocking the potential of people and communities who are currently less engaged. Who this Plan is for The focus of this Plan is providing the best CLD to key priority groups – communities of geography and communities of interest – across Perth and Kinross. We use Stories of Place at area-wide and locality level to identify priorities including unmet need. Stories of Place provide the evidence from public service data and community intelligence to shape our priorities. Our area-wide Story of Place is part of the Community Plan 2017-27 Community Plan 2017-27. 3 Priority Groups Based on our Stories of Place and engagement with local communities, key priority groups for this Plan include: • Volunteers and community groups, building their capacity to be positive influencers in their local area. • Pregnant women and parents who may need support to build their parenting skills and give their child the best start in life • Parents, young people and children with poor mental health or emotional wellbeing • Children in poverty • Young people including care experienced young people and young carers • People living in food and/or fuel poverty • Adult learners who need extra skills to find and sustain employment • People who have migrated to Perth and Kinross who may need extra literacy and language skills to settle and flourish here. Unmet Needs We recognise our CLD services don’t currently reach everyone who may need them, but early CLD intervention and prevention work may stop bigger challenges emerging in their lives. We also engage regularly with communities to make sure their voices are heard in planning and delivering CLD. Working within the National Standards for Community Engagement, we do this through: • Learner’s Forums for young people and adults • Regular self-evaluation of Stronger Communities Teams • Evaluation of specific CLD projects and activities. Our Delivery Capacity Local Community Planning: the Local Action Partnerships Since 2016 local Community Planning in Perth and Kinross has been delivered by 7 Local Action Partnerships. Appendix 2 is a map of the current LAPs. They bring together community representatives, Councilors and officers from Community Planning partners to make decisions about local priorities and needs. Each Local Action Partnership has a Local Action Plan with particular focus on improving equalities. The Action Plan is reviewed and updated annually. Local Action Partnerships use ‘Stories of Place’ to guide the priorities in their Action Plans. These are locality profiles containing statistical and wider information about the area. They help the Partnerships and CLD providers to plan, manage and deliver services in the locality and make sure resources are targeted at what matters most for the community. 4 In 2017 and 2018 all LAPs delivered successful Participatory Budgeting (PB) programmes which mobilised over 7,000 people to vote and make decisions about local projects and initiatives across Perth and Kinross. Participation in PB increased by 78% from 2017 to 2018 and over £250,000 has been distributed to local projects in this way. The Council’s Community Investment Fund (CIF) provides £1.2m to community-led projects over 2018/19 and 2019/20 and this Fund is being managed via the LAPs. Priority projects are those which improve equalities in localities and align with Local Action Plans. LAPs are still at an early stage but they are adding value to existing community groups and networks across localities by providing a shared focus on overall priorities and needs, and by engaging more community members to take part in local decision making alongside elected members and Community Planning partners. In 2018 the Council carried out an improvement review of the first 2 years of LAPs and in December 2018 the Community Planning Partnership approved the resulting Improvement Plan to continue building the LAPs’ capacity. Our Delivery Partners The Plan is a strategic framework for all Council services and wider partners involved in delivering CLD. These include the Council’s core CLD teams, and teams embedded across the Council. These include Communities Team, Parent and Family Learning, Community Link Workers, Services for Young People, Tenant Participation and Community Greenspace. Collectively these services work together in partnership as the Stronger Communities Team across the Council and with wider delivery partners. All delivery partners have contributed to this Plan and we consulted on it from June-September 2018. They are listed at Appendix 1 but include: • PKAVS and the PKAVS Minority Communities Hub which works with many voluntary organisations across Perth and Kinross and delivers community engagement and ESOL training • Perth College/University of the Highlands and Islands which delivers a range of adult learning across the area • Live Active Leisure, which delivers Active Schools and a range of volunteer opportunities for children, young people and adults to get involved in community sport • Culture Perth and Kinross, which runs the People’s Network and public libraries across the area as venues for adult learning activities. Workforce Development The Council and its CLD delivery partners offer a strong, relevant range of training opportunities to staff across all delivery organisations. CLD working approaches are increasingly mainstreamed across Council services as a key benefit of the Stronger Communities Team model. Staff and community representatives are offered a range of accredited training up to postgraduate level, with opportunities shared across partners. 5 This, plus the range of non-accredited training, is resulting in very strong positive impacts in localities. CLD staff are part of the Tayside and Fife Professional Learning Alliance and are well networked within other regional and national practitioner forums. Procurement and Social Benefit In line with the Fairness Commission recommendations the Council is working with the business sector to achieve greater social value from public service contracts. We do this by including clauses in tenders requiring bidders to identify social benefits which can be delivered as part of the wider objectives of the contract. Projects are categorised as Improving Skills, Improving Education and Improving Employability. All these can support our Community Plan and CLD objectives to support young people and all working age people to find and sustain work. Contractor commitment and delivery is recorded by the Council’s Procurement team and reported on in the Annual Procurement Report, which is published at the end of each financial year. Part 2 Five Strategic Building Blocks for 2019-24 This plan sets out 5 building blocks based on the five strategic objectives of the Community Plan 2017-27. Aligned to these we have set out improvement